End fixture for siding-clapboards.



F. D. KEES.

END FIXTURE FOR SIDING GLAPBOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1914.

1,103,050. Patented July 14, 191i I I V,

Attorne warren srarns PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK DANIEL KEES, OF BEATRICE, NEBRASKA.

END FIXTURE FOR SIIDING-CLAPBOARDS.

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Application filed February 2, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that}, FREnnnIox DANIEL Knns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beatrice, in the county of Gage and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful End Fixture for Siding-Clapboards, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains generally to siding or weatherboarding fixtures, and relates more particularly to an end fixture for siding clap-boards.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved fixture for siding clap-boards, which may be applied over the ends of clap-boards which fit against a door or window casing or the like, in order to accurately finish the ends of the clapboards meeting a door or window casing, and in order to provide a perfect joint between the clap-boards and casing.

It is also the object of the present invention to provide a fixture of the nature indicated, which will eliminate with the necessity of accurately cutting the clap-boards to length so as to fit snugly against the door or window casing, the present fixture per- ,niitting the ends of the clap-boards to be spaced more or less from the casing, and closing the gap between the clap-boards and casing to exclude the elements, and to give an ornamental finish to the ends of the clapboards meeting the door or window casing,

The present invention also has for its object to provide a device of the character specified, which will be simple and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient, and efficient in its use, the present device being capable of inexpensive manufacture from sheet metal or other stock.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the present invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a fragmental elevation of a window casing and the adjoining siding or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914:.

Serial No. 816,081.

weather-boarding, having the improved fixtures applied to the respective clap-boards. Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line f.2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the improvedfixture. Fig. 5 is a fragmental perspective, illustrating a modified form of fixture as applied to the end of a siding clap-board.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided an angle member of sheet metal or other stock, embodying the flanges l and 2, which constitute the body of the improved fixture. The flange 1 is relatively wide, and has its edge out on ornamental lines, which is preferable, although not necessary. The flange 2 is relatively narrow, or is tapered or wedge-shaped similar to the cross section of an ordinary clap-board. The flange 2 is adapted to fit over the end of a clap-board, while the flange 1 is designed to overlap the 'face or outer side of the clap-board. The angle member is of a length, approximately equal to the width of a clap-board, and the lower end of the flange 1 is provided with an inturned lip 3' to engage over the lower edge of the clapboard. A pair of cars 4 are struck outwardly from the flange 1 at the elbow of the angle member, so as to lie in the plane of the flange 2, the outstruck ears 4 forming openings 5 in the flange 1. Any number of these cars 4 may be provided, although two of these ears are preferable, one adjoining each end of the angle member. The flange 2 is provided with an aperture 6 adjoining the butt or basal portion of each ear 4 to complement the respective opening 5. The ears 4t, as illustrated, are triangular or tapered, which is likewise true of the openings 5.

For convenience in illustrating the application of the improved fixtures to the clapboards adjoining a door or window casing, there have been illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the siding clap-board 7 the ends of which extend to the casing 8, which is shown as a window casing, although the same may be taken to represent a door casing, or other similar structure, as well. With the present fixtures, the clap-boards need not be out etccurately to fit the casing 8, which will save time and labor. As the clap-boards are applied, adjoining the casing, and from the bottom upward, one of the present fixtures is engaged over the end of each clap-board,

the flange 2 thereof being brought snugly .against the casing 8, or the facing board thereof. Nails or other securing members 9 are then inserted through the openings 5 I and the apertures 6, so as to be driven diagonally into the facing board or the like,

is permitted almost equal to the width of the flange 1. It will thusbe manifest that the present fixtures will give an accurate and ornamental finish to the ends of the clapboards adjoining the door or window casing, and will close the gaps between the clapboards and the casing, so as to exclude the elements.

The present fixtures may be inexpensively manufactured, and their cost will be practically offset by the'time and laborsaved in the elimination of the accurate cutting of the clap-boards'as' is the prevailing" practice.

It will also be observed that the upper ends embodying an angle member, one flange of @which is adaptedto overlap the face'of the of the fixtures are designed to engage under I the upper clap-boards, so that the fixtures as a whole, have the appearance of a unitary structure I or strip.

It will be apparent that the ears a and openings 5 may be of other shapes, than triangular, such as semi-circular or the like. The free edge of the flange 1, although it may be out along ornamental lines, is preferably cut straight or plain, in practice.

In the variation illustrated in Fig. 5, the

fixture embodies a flange 1 similar to the ed to rest against the edge of the facing flange 1 above described, and having an outturned tapered or triangular flange'2 adaptboard of a window or'door casing, to be secured thereagainst by nails or other securing members. The flange 1 is provided at its lower end with aninturned lip 3 to fit overthe lower edge ofthe clap-board. Thus, the flange 2, which is secured t'othe window or'door' casing, does not fit between the end of the clap-board and the casing, as with the form of fixture above described and as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4:, inclusive.

Having thus'described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. An end fixture for siding clap-boards embodying an angle member, one flange of which is adapted to overlap the face of the clapboard, and the other flange of Which is adapted to abut against a window or door casing, the last mentioned flange having an aperture for the passage of a securing member, the first mentioned flange having an opening for the complete passage of the securing member therethrough, and the first mentioned flange having means for closing said opening.

2. An end fixture for siding clap-boards embodying an angle member,one flange'of which is adapted to overlap the face of the clap-board, and the other flange of which-is adapted to abut against a window or door casing, the last mentioned flange having an aperture for the passage of a securing member, the first mentioned flange" having an opening for the complete passage of the se curing member therethrough, and the first .mentioned flange having-an outstandmg ear adapted to be bent into the said opening to close the same.

3. An end fixture for siding clap-boards clap-board, and the other flange ofwhich is adapted to abut against a window or door casing, the first mentionedflange having an ear struck therefrom at the elbow of the angle member and lying in the plane of the second mentioned flange to provide an" opening in the first mentioned flange for the passage of a securing member, the second mentioned flange'having an aperture adjoining the said ear, and the ear being adapted to be bent into the said opening to close the Copies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing'the Commissioner" of P'tentsg'.

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